[Python-Dev] No response to posts

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 04:27:53 am Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 8/2/2010 12:54 PM, Brian Curtin wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:39, Ralf Schmitt <ralf at brainbot.com
> > <mailto:ralf at brainbot.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org
> > <mailto:benjamin at python.org>>
> >
> >     writes:
> >      > Please, let's stop messing with the tracker for everything.
> >      > I think the current set up works reasonably well, and we
> >      > should focus on the real problem: manpower
>
> Two months ago, I discovered and reported that about 1/5 of open
> issues had no responses. Is that 'reasonably well'? 

I don't know. What percentage of new issues get ever get a response? My 
wild guess is that it's probably about 99.9%, but the 0.1% that don't 
remain languishing forever, skewing the statistics. What's the average 
age of those 1 in 5 issues? Maybe 1 in 5 is exactly right, given the 
realities of people available to respond to issues versus people 
available to report issues. Maybe 1 in 5 is supernaturally good, given 
our resources available.



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Steven D'Aprano